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LOT 2157
Post Medieval Painted Wooden Statue of Pensive Christ
18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
11 3/4 in. (665 grams, 30 cm).
Seated figure of Christ on a rock, right hand supporting head, left hand absent; remains of black, cream and red colour. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the private family collection of Ersula Barter-Hemmerich, the longest serving member of staff working at the United Nations, her private collection formed in the 1950s and 1960s; thence by descent to her grandson.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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